Author Archives: Ed Siebert

It has come to the point in the White Sox 2023 season where, as anyone could have guessed, Sox fans have completely given up on a lifeless, listless and seemingly worthless squad of alleged baseball talent. There is a palpable, yet also stunningly and thunderously tangible gamut of negative emotions running through White Sox fandomContinue reading “THE FIVE STAGES OF GRIEVING THE WHITE SOX SEASON”

A wise man once said: “Ain’t nothing gonna break-a my stride, nobody gonna slow me down…whoa no, oh no.” That man, Matthew Wilder, had to keep on movin’. So it is with the 2023 Chicago White Sox, who in fact have to keep on movin’ in spite of what could generously be described as aContinue reading “STRIDE WRONG: The White Sox Annual Stumble”

With apologies to The Nails, for re-imagining their 1984 hit “88 Lines About 44 Women” from their album “Topic”, here’s a rundown of the Sox 40-man roster coming out of Spring Training with a few guys tossed in: AJ Alexy is in the minorsHe may not contribute muchNick Avila, Rule 5 guyDidn’t make the teamContinue reading “88 LINES ABOUT 44 WHITE SOX”

These are the last licks taken at PECOTA…this year anyway. As a reminder, PECOTA picked the White Sox, a talented team with playoff aspirations, to be a non-playoff team and a distant third place finisher in their own division. Well, as has been the tradition in this space for several years now, a look atContinue reading “PECOTA CAN SUCK AN EGG 2023 PART 5: TEXAS MASSHOLES”

Oh PECOTA. Thrice this year you have been trashed. As a reminder, you have picked the White Sox, a talented team with playoff aspirations, to be a non-playoff team and a distant third place finisher in their own division. Well, as has been the tradition in this space for several years now, a look atContinue reading “PECOTA CAN SUCK AN EGG 2023 PART 4: GO WEST”

AHHHHH YES. PECOTA, you wascially-est of wabbits when it comes to prognosticating the MLB season. Once again you have picked the White Sox, a talented team with playoff aspirations, to be a non-playoff team that aspirates ranch dressing on their shirts. Well, as has been the tradition in this space for several years now, aContinue reading “PECOTA CAN SUCK AN EGG 2023 PART 3: AL (L)EAST”

So ONCE AGAIN the revered PECOTA deigned to release their preseason projections and put the White Sox at 3rd in the AL Central behind Cleveland and Minnesota, who as cities and states go are behind Chicago and Illinois in several key areas, namely wet sandwiches and bitching about payroll. The Twins, of which there isContinue reading “PECOTA CAN SUCK AN EGG 2023 PART II: DOUBLE DEUCE”

So ONCE AGAIN the revered PECOTA deigned to release their preseason projections and put the White Sox at 3rd in the AL Central behind The Cleveland (not really the) Guardians and the Minnesota (has only ONE metro area) Twins. Sure, at this point, nothing less than crushing mediocrity is expected from 35th and Shields, afterContinue reading “PECOTA CAN SUCK AN EGG 2023: GUARDIANS OF THE FALLACY”

Mismatched Sox is the official companion blog to Sox in the Basement and is the ramblings of co-host Ed Siebert. Things written here are based on facts but are mainly just the opinions of one guy who has been a fan of the team for a long time and doesn’t always get a word inContinue reading “MISMATCHED SOX: PANDER BEARS”